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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has turned back an attempt by a tea party-backed GOP conservative to slash taxpayer subsidies for air service to isolated smaller cities and towns that can cost hundreds of dollars a ticket....

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled Senate is on a path toward defeating tea party attempts to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law, despite an overnight talkathon on the chamber’s floor led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
The freshman Cruz and other conservative Republicans were trying to delay a must-pass spending bill, but were virtually sure to lose a test vote on that legislation planned for later Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Air India is charting an ambitious plan to connect more number of small towns, which is one of the pillars of the new aviation policy, and has initiated the process to identify which aircraft will fit the bill best, the flag carrier's chairman has said. "Our prime focus is to increase regional connectivity. We will try to connect as many places as possible," Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwin Lohani told IANS in an interview at its headquarters Airlines House here.

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan state lawmaker said he won’t resign after sending an email to Republican supporters falsely claiming he was caught having sex with a male prostitute — in an apparent attempt to deflect attention from a real affair.
The Detroit News, citing audio recordings, reported Friday that state legislator Todd Courser had someone send the email to distract attention from his alleged extramarital affair with another lawmaker. He said in a statement released Monday he was the target of a blackmail attempt.

Just a few hours after House GOP leaders floated a plan to fellow Republicans to counter an emerging Senate deal to reopen the government and forestall an economy-rattling default on U.S. obligations, the plan was rejected by the White House. The New York Times reports that the House GOP have backed off the proposal.

Smaller towns are surging ahead as hubs of jobs and entrepreneurial activity, beating larger cities and even metropolises. While industrial activity declines in big cities, smaller cities and towns are picking up the slack, often displaying a preference for manufacturing at the cost of the services sector. Construction is booming and related jobs are more to be found in smaller towns. These are some of the facets of urban India revealed in a recent NSSO report on employment in cities.

Before Boehner and his merry men even had a chance to explain themselves, the White House has pre-empted... WHITE HOUSE SAYS LATEST FISCAL PROPOSAL FROM HOUSE REPUBLICANS IS "PARTISAN ATTEMPT TO APPEASE A SMALL GROUP OF TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS WHITE HOUSE SAYS DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS IN SENATE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN GOOD FAITH ON FISCAL IMPASSE, AND TIME FOR HOUSE TO DO SAME WHITE HOUSE REJECTS HOUSE GOP PROPOSAL TO RAISE DEBT LIMIT AND REOPEN GOVERNMENT

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday outlined its proposed aviation policy that seeks to make millions more fly by limiting airfares to Rs 2,500 through subsidies and tax cuts for flights lasting an hour or less. A 2% cess proposed on tickets to part fund the subsidy, however, could add to the cost of travelling abroad and between metro cities. The draft policy, unveiled by the civil aviation minister, has been put up for consultations for three weeks.